A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1)
A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed a history of the language, and an English grammar (Volume 1)
Frontispiece portrait signed: G. Fairman, sculpt. Caption reads: Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. Engraved for the first American edition of Johnson's quarto dictionary published by M. Thomas, Philadelphia, 1818. J. Porter, printer
Fleeman, J.D. Johnson
Shaw & Shoemaker
Stanhope Bayne-Jones, M.D
NLM copy, "Erwin F. Smith" inscribed at head of ms. word list on verso of front flyeaf, which has been reinforced with hand-sewn leather at the margins